1876 G25C BG-850, PL MS(PCGS#803456)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4847

Grade

MS64PL

Price

1.020

Lot Description

Superior quality for this rare variety, finer than the Jay Roe specimen that was certified MS-63 by PCGS as of our (Bowers and Merena's) September 2003 sale. Bright golden-yellow surfaces are reflective in the fields, frosty on the motifs, with bold to sharp striking detail throughout. BG-850 is very similar to BG-849, although here the numerals are less cruder and bolder in the die, rounded tip of bust touches the top of the digit 8 in the date, as though all the details of BG-849 have been redone and strengthened. In the absence of the "Adam's apple" appearance of the Indian's portrait on BG-849, however, it is also possibly that that variety is a polished state of BG-850.